BioMed Research International

Research Article

The Faroe Islands COVID-19 Recreational Football Study: Player-to-Player Distance, Body-to-Body Contact, Body-to-Ball Contact and Exercise Intensity during Various Types of Football Training for Both Genders and Various Age Groups

Table 3

Game activities and heart rate loading during the three training protocols in all groups. High-intensity running categorised as distance covered between 12 and16 km/h for children, between 13 and 16 km/h for recreational females, and between 13 and 20 km/h for young men. Sprint distance categorised as the distance covered above >16 km/h for children and recreational females and as distance covered above >20 km/h for young men. Acceleration counts are divided into two categories for children, low (1.50–2.30 m/s²) and high (2.30 m/s²). Acceleration counts are divided into three categories for adults, low (1.50–2.14 m/s²), medium (2.14–2.78 m/s²), and high (>2.78 m/s²).

U9 B

U11 G

U14 B

Young men

Women (recreational)

CMT ()

SSG ()

SMP ()

CMT ()

SSG ()

SMP ()

CMT ()

SSG ()

SMP ()

CMT ()

SSG ()

SMP ()

CMT ()

SSG ()

SMP ()

Total distance (m)

^Æ

^Æ,Ø

^{,#,^}

^Æ,Ø,^{,#,^}

^{,#,&,^}

^Æ,Ø,^{,#,&,^}

^Æ

^Æ,Ø

High intensity running (m)

^Æ

^Æ,Ø

^{,#,^}

^{#,^}

^Æ,Ø,^{,#,^}

^{,#,&,^}

^Æ,Ø,^{,#,&,^}

^Æ,Ø

Sprint distance (m)

^Æ,Ø

^#,¤

^Æ,Ø,^{,#,¤,^}

^Æ,Ø,^{,#,^}

^Æ,Ø

Accel. Count (low)

^{Æ,^}

^Æ

^,#

^Æ,^{,#,^}

^{,#,&,^}

Accel. Count (medium)

^{^}

^Æ

Accel. Count (high)

^{Æ,^}

^Æ

^{,#,^}

^{#,^}

^Æ,Ø,^{,#,¤,^}

^{,#,^}

^{^}

^Æ,^{,#,^}

Mean HR

^Æ

^{,&,¤,^}

^{^}

^{,^}

^{Æ,^}

^Æ

Max HR

^{^}

^{Æ,^}

^{^}

^{¤,^}

^{^}

^{¤,^}

^{^}

^{¤,^}

^{Æ,^}

^Æ

Differences inside group between activities: ^Æsignificantly larger than CMT. ^Øsignificantly larger than SSG. ^Åsignificantly larger than SSG. Differences between groups: significantly larger than U9. ^#significantly larger than U11. ^&significantly larger than U14. ^¤significantly larger than young men. ^{^}significantly larger than recreational females.